Oh? Could the answer be that easy?

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Hmm.  Oh, with google analytics... When you activate g.a., you need to instal code into your blog page html.  This allows the two services to share data.  When I changed my blog format a bit, or did some tinkering, perhaps that snippet as they call it either was damaged, or just as likely removed.  I thought I had replaced it, but in the echo chamber, everything is suspect.  I have reinstalled the snippet, and actually in a place which might... more accurately read hits.  Things change so fast that the producers of these goods who offer only general information can't keep their advice current with the facts on the ground.  I guess you just get lucky and snag the right information once in a while.  Unless... that is outdated and not as functional?  Bleh. That would explain why I g.a. was broken.  It is about the only thing that would explain it, I hope.

My "morning" was going along just fine.  I wrote the above, barely awake, and put the snippet in place.  I was noticing something though.   PAIN!  I don't mean a bit of stiffness, a little ache, even a headache.  My lower back has a spike in it.  That spike is sending pain in all directions.  My legs aren't weak, at least.  But the spasms are simply ripping through me, in constant waves, peaking in from just horribly painful to 'hold your breath and tighten your hole body because this is going to be be blindingly painful'.  I have zero idea why my back hurts, either.  Standing works to really cut the pain, unfortunately I don't have the strength, even given the pain reduction, to stand for long.  A handful of aspirin and more if needed.  Damn.  You know pain is bad when it shoots up through the arteries in your neck.

I'll figure it out.  Always do.  I have no idea what could have caused it though.  Meh, I have something solid to complain about today, which makes it all good.  *grins*  Later.

Update:  It looks like I have solved the mystery of g.a.  It seems to be back online.  Now, perhaps, I can figure out how to exclude my own hits.  Gah!

Another Update:  Okay, it looks like g.a. is not counting my hits.  Which means others really are looking in from time the time, and for longer periods.  How do I know?  I've been tracking when I've been online.  Not only is the timing wrong, but so is the length of time.  One of those variables could be off, for whatever reason.  But both sort of put the kibosh on the notion.  I mean, if it read some of my visits, it would probably track all of them.  I'll do a bit more tracking to see though.  Interesting.